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Idioms and Phrases

Also, had best . Ought to, should. For example, You had better finish this one before starting another , or We had best be going . [Mid-1400s] Also see you'd better believe it .
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Example Sentences

Trump shot back that Zelenskyy, whom he branded a “dictator,” had “better move fast” to make peace “or he is not going to have a Country left.”

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There is nothing wrong with crafting a diversity-positive awards narrative around any film or potential nominee, but whoever is doing the crafting had better make darn sure that the narrative fits the subject.

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With so much riding on her progress, Labour had better hope they're right.

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At a "Congress, Cognac and Cigars" event in June, Donalds said during a discussion with a rightwing reporter that Black people had better lives under Jim Crow segregation, in part, because "the Black family was together" and Black people "voted more conservatively."

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Taken together these nods let us know that while some entertainment hasn’t completely broken free of its reliance on the past, and certainly isn’t beyond risking acts of sacrilege – that “Harry Potter” HBO series had better slap! – the idea of pushing the medium forward isn’t entirely dead.

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